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Band Prism
Info: See Forever Eyes
Style: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Years: 1978
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 100,46 Mb
Info: Canada

Tracklist:

01 - Hello.
02 - Flyin'.
03 - Nickels And Dimes.
04 - Crime Wave.
05 - You're Like The Wind.
06 - N-N-N-No!.
07 - Take Me Away.
08 - You're My Reason.
09 - Just Like Me.
10 - See Forever Eyes.

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The first album of SOLEIL MOON, '99s 'World's Apart' was one of the best AOR / West Coast CD's of the nineties, and still ranks in my Top 50 list of the best of all time. Yes, it's that good.

Soleil Moon isn’t so much known even between fans of the genre (which it is a crime), nor their members, but all of them are top-shelf music-biz pros – producers, writers, and first-call session musicians – playing the music they love in order to discover what truly matters to them.
Not that working with everyone from Beyonce to Richard Marx -- as the busy players behind Soleil Moon have done -- isn’t a thrill in itself, but this is the project that lets these musical journeymen get in touch with something very personal.
The latest example of what that process sounds like is the second Soleil Moon album, "On The Way To Everything".

The man who makes it all come to life is Larry King. No, not that Larry King – save the jokes, he’s heard them all.
This Larry King is a mind-bogglingly multi-talented singer, songwriter, player, producer and bandleader who has been a full-time musician of one stripe or another since he was 12 years old.
After his college years, King moved to L.A. in the late ‘80s, forming the group Human Factor. They cut a record for the Warner Bros-distributed Caliber label that earned some attention, but by the early ‘90s, he returned to lucrative session work, becoming an in-demand singer for 'every jingle that had a guy screaming his balls off' as he jokingly describes it.Before long, King’s connections led to him becoming something of an entrepreneur, establishing his own recording studio, publishing business, production company, and more -- all of which are still thriving – but after this long list of twists and turns, he finally found his way to Soleil Moon.

King sees life as 'a constant state of reinventing ourselves', and for him that meant partnering with keyboardist/producer John Blasucci to bring life to some of the more personal songs he’d been writing, ones that wouldn’t become part of his production projects for other artists.
“I like to do material that’s kind of art-rockish, album-oriented… timeless tunes that are more about orchestration and less a ‘let’s make a pop tune for radio and follow the trends’ kind of thing.”, says King.
The pair dubbed their partnership Soleil Moon, expressing the Yin/Yang-like balance of both their working dynamic and their music. Supported by a batch of world-class players (master Michael Thompson on guitars, drummer Kenny Aronoff of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Todd Sucherman of Styx), Soleil Moon released Worlds Apart in 1999, making a big impact on Adult Contemporary radio with 'Willingly', 'Never Say Goodbye' and the title track.

More than a decade later, Soleil Moon is finally set to unveil the long-awaited follow-up album, "On The Way To Everything".
Why the wait? For a guy with as many irons in the fire as King, it’s not so easy to get the kind of clear head you need for such an all-consuming labor of love.
The songs were recorded over the past 10 years, whenever King and his cronies could steal an opportune moment in the studio in between other projects.
And while it’s not easy throwing everything you’ve got into an endeavor that’s more about artistic expression than commercial appeal, it’s a risk Soleil Moon is willing to take for the sake of "On The Way To Everything".
Blending bittersweet, melodic ballads, burning hard-rock riffs, smooth grooves, and anything else that happens to suit their fancy, Soleil Moon has made an album of supreme musicality.

Opener “History Repeats Its Pages” is a pulsing, powerful history lesson lamenting how rarely the human race learns from its mistakes. Lush, soaring ballad “Love the Way You Love” deals with the joys and complexities of romantic relationships. The emotional travelogue really kicks into full gear with “On the Way To Everything,” whose blend catchy rhythms and propulsive pop melody frames a father’s hopes for a newborn child just beginning to play the game of life.
Soon, however, things turn darker; “Goodnight Irene” is about the death of a child, surrounded by a beautiful piano and great atmosphere.
The Americana, power-chord-driven narrative of “Freedom” goes on to reflect on the horrors of child abuse, and the lengths to which a battered boy must go to escape.
Then the churning instrumental rocker “Burn” appears, exploding with a confusion and anger that are natural reactions to the previous track’s tragic tale.
After some infectious odes to aging and wanderlust with “Down”, the transcendent “Move On” returns us to the album’s “life’s a journey” theme, before the big, bold, “Here I Am” closes things out with a statement of joyful acceptance, the kind that can only come at the end of a soul’s long, eventful travels.

"On The Way To Everything" shows clearly that Larry King and John Blasucci have abundant confidence in themselves and the music they make together.
Impeccably produced and arranged entirely by King and Blasucci (who also co-wrote all the tracks), this new album is more Adult Contemporary than its predecessor, still retaining the West Coast / AOR essence blending King's rock instincts with John's sleek smooth-flavored approach into a sophisticated slab of music.
"On The Way To Everything" offers high quality music and intelligent lyrics, something that is not easy to find nowadays.
Recommended.

01 - History Repeats Its Pages
02 - Love The Way You Love
03 - On The Way To Everything
04 - Blackbird
05 - Goodnight Irene
06 - Freedom
07 - Burn
08 - Down
09 - Colorado
10 - Move On
11 - Here I Am

Larry King - Lead & Backing Vocals
John Blasucci - Keyboards, Synths, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Chris Siebold - Guitars
Lamaar Jones - Bass
Khari Parker - Drums

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Band Maison
Info: Illusions Of Fantasy
Style: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Years: 1991
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 86.52 Mb
Info: Germany

Tracklist:

01 - World Of Fantasy.
02 - Star.
03 - Price Of Lovin You.
04 - Love Can Be Stronger.
05 - Magic Might.
06 - Lonely In The Night.
07 - Friday Night.
08 - Standin' In The Shadow.

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Band The Spongetones
Info: Odd Fellows
Style: Power Pop
Years: 2000
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 90.52 Mb
Info: USA

Tracklist:

01 - You'll Come Runnin Back.
02 - Boy Meets Girl.
03 - On The Wings Of A Nightingale.
04 - Dark Brown Eyes.
05 - March Of The Creaming Beezers.
06 - Eyedoan Geddit.
07 - Too Much Talk.
08 - Black And White (first thought.
09 - Home.
10 - Nightsong.
11 - Love Song To Mrs Parker.
12 - Much Too Slow.

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Band Lake
Info: Hot Day
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 1981
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 91,43 Mb
Info: Germany

Tracklist:

01 - Sanford And Son.
02 - Escape.
03 - Everyone.
04 - Silicone Sally.
05 - Goodbye Alexander.
06 - The Sound Of America.
07 - Cities On Fire.
08 - Band At The Top.
09 - We Can Try.

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Band Savage Steel
Info: Begins With A Nightmare
Style: Power/Thrash Metal
Years: 1988
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbs
Info: 73.98 Mb
Info: Canada

Tracklist:

01 - Hit From The Rear.
02 - The Betrayal (Into) The Chambers Of Darkness.
03 - On The Attack.
04 - Night Prowler.
05 - Streets Of Indecision.
06 - A Night On The Horizon.
07 - Switchblade Man.

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Band Fate
Info: Cruisin' For A Bruisin'
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 1988
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 100,15 Mb
Info: Denmark

Tracklist:

01 - Beneath Da' Coconuts.
02 - Love On The Rox.
03 - Knock On Wood.
04 - Lovers.
05 - Dead Boy, Cold Meat.
06 - Babe, You Got A Friend.
07 - Lock You Up.
08 - Cupid Shot Me.
09 - Diamond In The Rough.
10 - Send A Little Money.

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TOWER CITY, the American trio who formed in 1988, are best known for their album ‘A Little Bit Of Fire’ which has a cult following amongst AOR loving fans worldwide, largely in Europe.

The album, recorded back in 1992 with the help of Mike Slamer (Streets, Steelhouse Lane, Seventh Key) features some of the best AOR / Melodic Rock songwriting you are ever likely to hear, sadly looked destined to never be heard, until the now defunct German label MTM Records released the album in 1996 gaining high praise to the band.
With the songs on that album having been written and recorded in the early nineties, by 1996, the band had since become known by the name Colorvine, which delivered a more progressive and alternative form of melodic rock that gained them a solid fan base within the USA.

Now here we are in 2011 and the music of Tower City will be heard in a way it never has before.
The band has remastered a selection of their best songs (including titles from the second '98 album 'All Or Nothing'), along with 4 new tracks that have been recorded in the last 7 years, entitled "The Ones That Matter".

Saltis brothers said;
"We have never been inactive as musicians. Our music may not have been represented as we felt it should have the first time around.
We went back and looked at a lot of the tracks, picked some of our favorites, and revamped a collection that we could be proud of presenting to those listeners that still cared.
The 4 new tracks are representative of our growth together after the Tower City days."

For me personally, Tower City's music is littered with virtually everything that I love about the Melodic Rock / AOR genres.
Together with Steelhouse Lane, Tower City carried the flame during the second half of the nineties. In fact, both bands were somehow connected. Steelhouse Lane's mastermind, Mike Slammer, helped this band in the artistic production department, songwriting and playing some guitars.
Tower City is a very, very good band, with a late '80s MR/AOR arena style full of trademark hooks, lush melodies and monster choruses.
As brothers Saltis like to say: "Time passes, people change, but the good music remains!"
Highly Recommended.

01 - Moonlight
02 - Little Bit Of fire
03 - Smoke (New track 2011)
04 - In These Arms
05 - Talking To Sarah
06 - Ain't Nobody To Love
07 - Say You Love Me (New track 2011)
08 - Six Strings (New track 2011)
09 - I'll Sleep Tonight
10 - Love And Money
11 - Surrender
12 - Hot Water
13 - When It All Falls Down
14 - Wishbone (New track 2011)
15 - Closer To The Heart
16 - Hungry

Larry Saltis – Lead Vocals, Guitars
Tim Paul Weiner – Bass, Backing Vocals
Heath Saltis – Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:
Scott Sanders – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Mike Slamer – Guitar
Billy Cioce – Drums

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Ellsworth Hall is the brain behind the Neo Prog project AETHELLIS and his trademark sound are the keyboards, lots of keyboards, as is heard on the second album "NorthUmbria".
Listening to Aethellis brings me back about 25 years. Even though at times, some twists and turns make it obvious that this album is from the new millennium, there is always a strong early 80's feel about this music.

Tagged a Neo Prog, in my opinion Aethellis style is eighties proggy AOR, with diverse influences ranging from Camel, ELP, Genesis and Tony Banks solo albums, but also a strong Pomp feel in the vein of Shooting Star, Saga, Asia and The Alan Parsons Project.
Ellsworth Hall is an amazing multi-instrumentalist and a good vocalist. As singer, he can be compared to the likes of Greg Lake, Steve Hackett and why not, John Wetton. Musically most of his compositions are short with a classic format, although "NorthUmbria" features a couple of long numbers firmly planted into the classic prog tradition.

The Aethellis style is very melodic based and the keyboard is the main instrument in all songs, but all the instruments find its place in the rhythmic tracks of this album.
Whe have catchy tunes such as the pompy "Dire Need" or "Sounds Good", a great light-prog ballad in "Without A Sound" (where Aethellis sounds like earlier eighties Alan Parsons) and really good instrumentals as the rock-funkish "Celui Qui Soit La Bosse" or the beautiful crafted "The Penal Colony", where Camel comes to mind.
The more classic prog is represented on the two movements of "Northumbria / Mephisto Breeze" which features breezy harmony vocals and "The Peace Path" where the balladry fuses with a commercial Genesis light side.

"NorthUmbria" is a truly enjoyable album of 80's inspired prog including really well crafted songs.
The melody is the rule here, really easy listening and catchy but still adventurous enough to keep you interested from start to finish. Mr. Hall has also put a lot of effort into the production, as despite this is an independent CD the is sound remarkably good.
Hopefully Aethellis will find it's audience even though 80's inspired light prog is not really the flavor of the day, but I'm sure that any fan of the era (including AOR aficionados) will adore "NorthUmbria".
Love it.

01 - Northumbria / Mephisto Breeze
02 - The Awakening
03 - Dire Need
04 - The Penal Colony
05 - Without A Sound
06 - Celui Qui Soit La Bosse
07 - Exchanger Prague
08 - The Peace Path
09 - Sounds Good

Ellsworth Hall (keyboards / vocals / guitar / synths)
Mark Van Natta (guitars / vocals)
Erik Marks (bass)
Chris Marks (guitar)
Joseph Dwyer (sax)
Mike Harrington (drums)

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Band Prism
Info: Prism
Style: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Years: 1977
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 83,60 Mb
Info: Canada

Tracklist:

01 - Spaceship Superstar.
02 - Open Soul Surgery.
03 - It's Over.
04 - Freewill.
05 - Take Me To The Kaptin.
06 - Vladivostok.
07 - Amelia.
08 - Julie.
09 - I Ain't Lookin' Anymore.

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BandAir Supply
Info: The Collection
Style: AOR
Years: 2009
Info: mp3 CBR 256
Info: 124 mb
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Info: :Australia

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Tracklist:

01 All out of Love
02 Even the Nights Are Better
03 Empty Pages
04 Love and Other Bruises
05 Lost in Love
06 Every Woman in the World
07 Chances
08 Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)
09 The One That You Love
10 Sweet Dreams
11 Young Love
12 Two Less Lonely People in the World
13 Making Love out of Nothing at All
14 Just as I Am
15 The Power of Love (You Are My Lady)
16 Lonely Is the Night

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Band Roxslyde
Info: Take One
Style: Classic Rock / AOR
Years: 1981
Info: CBR 192 kbs
Info: 51.87 Mb
Info: Canada

Tracklist:

01 - Better Not Lie.
02 - Morning Light.
03 - My Love.
04 - Rock candy.
05 - Sail Away.
06 - Wild Night.
07 - Jonah.
08 - ...Blues.
09 - Love Is Possible.

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Band Paul Thorn
Info: Aint Love Strange
Style: Roots Rock
Years: 2000
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 124.75 Mb
Info: USA

Tracklist:

01 - Ain't Love Strange.
02 - Blue Stew.
03 - I Have A Good Day.
04 - Burn Down The Trailer Park.
05 - What Do You Take Me For.
06 - Fabio & Liberace.
07 - Mood Ring.
08 - Black Rainbow.
09 - Where Was I.
10 - A Lot Of Good Reasons.
11 - Help Me Out, Hook Me Up.
12 - Accept My Love.
13 - Ain't Gonna Beg.
14 - That's All I Know, Right Now.

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